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Article: Two-dimensional MoS2-enabled flexible rectenna for Wi-Fi-band wireless energy harvesting

TitleTwo-dimensional MoS<inf>2</inf>-enabled flexible rectenna for Wi-Fi-band wireless energy harvesting
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Issue Date2019
Citation
Nature, 2019, v. 566, n. 7744, p. 368-372 How to Cite?
AbstractThe mechanical and electronic properties of two-dimensional materials make them promising for use in flexible electronics1–3. Their atomic thickness and large-scale synthesis capability could enable the development of ‘smart skin’1,3–5, which could transform ordinary objects into an intelligent distributed sensor network6. However, although many important components of such a distributed electronic system have already been demonstrated (for example, transistors, sensors and memory devices based on two-dimensional materials1,2,4,7), an efficient, flexible and always-on energy-harvesting solution, which is indispensable for self-powered systems, is still missing. Electromagnetic radiation from Wi-Fi systems operating at 2.4 and 5.9 gigahertz8 is becoming increasingly ubiquitous and would be ideal to harvest for powering future distributed electronics. However, the high frequencies used for Wi-Fi communications have remained elusive to radiofrequency harvesters (that is, rectennas) made of flexible semiconductors owing to their limited transport properties9–12. Here we demonstrate an atomically thin and flexible rectenna based on a MoS2 semiconducting–metallic-phase heterojunction with a cutoff frequency of 10 gigahertz, which represents an improvement in speed of roughly one order of magnitude compared with current state-of-the-art flexible rectifiers9–12. This flexible MoS2-based rectifier operates up to the X-band8 (8 to 12 gigahertz) and covers most of the unlicensed industrial, scientific and medical radio band, including the Wi-Fi channels. By integrating the ultrafast MoS2 rectifier with a flexible Wi-Fi-band antenna, we fabricate a fully flexible and integrated rectenna that achieves wireless energy harvesting of electromagnetic radiation in the Wi-Fi band with zero external bias (battery-free). Moreover, our MoS2 rectifier acts as a flexible mixer, realizing frequency conversion beyond 10 gigahertz. This work provides a universal energy-harvesting building block that can be integrated with various flexible electronic systems.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/335327
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2023 Impact Factor: 50.5
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dc.contributor.authorZhang, Xu-
dc.contributor.authorGrajal, Jesús-
dc.contributor.authorVazquez-Roy, Jose Luis-
dc.contributor.authorRadhakrishna, Ujwal-
dc.contributor.authorWang, Xiaoxue-
dc.contributor.authorChern, Winston-
dc.contributor.authorZhou, Lin-
dc.contributor.authorLin, Yuxuan-
dc.contributor.authorShen, Pin Chun-
dc.contributor.authorJi, Xiang-
dc.contributor.authorLing, Xi-
dc.contributor.authorZubair, Ahmad-
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Yuhao-
dc.contributor.authorWang, Han-
dc.contributor.authorDubey, Madan-
dc.contributor.authorKong, Jing-
dc.contributor.authorDresselhaus, Mildred-
dc.contributor.authorPalacios, Tomás-
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-17T08:24:58Z-
dc.date.available2023-11-17T08:24:58Z-
dc.date.issued2019-
dc.identifier.citationNature, 2019, v. 566, n. 7744, p. 368-372-
dc.identifier.issn0028-0836-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/335327-
dc.description.abstractThe mechanical and electronic properties of two-dimensional materials make them promising for use in flexible electronics1–3. Their atomic thickness and large-scale synthesis capability could enable the development of ‘smart skin’1,3–5, which could transform ordinary objects into an intelligent distributed sensor network6. However, although many important components of such a distributed electronic system have already been demonstrated (for example, transistors, sensors and memory devices based on two-dimensional materials1,2,4,7), an efficient, flexible and always-on energy-harvesting solution, which is indispensable for self-powered systems, is still missing. Electromagnetic radiation from Wi-Fi systems operating at 2.4 and 5.9 gigahertz8 is becoming increasingly ubiquitous and would be ideal to harvest for powering future distributed electronics. However, the high frequencies used for Wi-Fi communications have remained elusive to radiofrequency harvesters (that is, rectennas) made of flexible semiconductors owing to their limited transport properties9–12. Here we demonstrate an atomically thin and flexible rectenna based on a MoS2 semiconducting–metallic-phase heterojunction with a cutoff frequency of 10 gigahertz, which represents an improvement in speed of roughly one order of magnitude compared with current state-of-the-art flexible rectifiers9–12. This flexible MoS2-based rectifier operates up to the X-band8 (8 to 12 gigahertz) and covers most of the unlicensed industrial, scientific and medical radio band, including the Wi-Fi channels. By integrating the ultrafast MoS2 rectifier with a flexible Wi-Fi-band antenna, we fabricate a fully flexible and integrated rectenna that achieves wireless energy harvesting of electromagnetic radiation in the Wi-Fi band with zero external bias (battery-free). Moreover, our MoS2 rectifier acts as a flexible mixer, realizing frequency conversion beyond 10 gigahertz. This work provides a universal energy-harvesting building block that can be integrated with various flexible electronic systems.-
dc.languageeng-
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dc.titleTwo-dimensional MoS<inf>2</inf>-enabled flexible rectenna for Wi-Fi-band wireless energy harvesting-
dc.typeArticle-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41586-019-0892-1-
dc.identifier.pmid30692651-
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dc.identifier.volume566-
dc.identifier.issue7744-
dc.identifier.spage368-
dc.identifier.epage372-
dc.identifier.eissn1476-4687-
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